Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936–1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions

Compilation by Duke Ellington

Released 2006

jazz swing

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CD 1
1
Tough Truckin’
Duke Ellington’s Sextet
3:05
2
Tough Truckin’ (alternate take)
Duke Ellington’s Sextet
2:46
3
Indigo Echoes
Duke Ellington’s Sextet
2:49
4
Indigo Echoes (alternate take)
Duke Ellington’s Sextet
2:46
5
Rexatious (alternate take)
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:45
6
Rexatious
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:46
7
Lazy Man’s Shuffle
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:58
8
Lazy Man’s Shuffle (alternate take)
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:50
9
Clouds in My Heart (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:58
10
Clouds in My Heart
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:59
11
Frolic Sam (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
3:01
12
Frolic Sam
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
3:01
13
Caravan
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
3:07
14
Caravan
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
3:08
15
Stompy Jones
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:45
16
Stompy Jones
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:41
17
Mood Indigo / Solititude
3:06
18
Sophisticated Lady / In a Sentimental Mood
3:04
19
I Can’t Believe That You Are in Love With Me (alternate take)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:54
20
I Can’t Believe That You Are in Love With Me
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:54
21
Downtown Uproar (alternate take)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:46
22
Downtown Uproar
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:43
23
Digga Digga Do (alternate take)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:53
24
Digga Digga Do
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:52
CD 2
1
Blue Reverie
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:57
2
Blue Reverie (alternate take)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:56
3
Tiger Rag
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:45
4
Tiger Rag
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:40
5
My Honey's Lovin' Arms
The Gotham Stompers
2:45
6
Did Anyone Ever Tell You? (alternate take)
The Gotham Stompers
3:01
7
Did Anyone Ever Tell You?
The Gotham Stompers
2:57
8
Alabamy Home
The Gotham Stompers
3:00
9
Where Are You?
The Gotham Stompers
2:52
10
Lament for a Lost Love
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:44
11
Lament for a Lost Love (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:44
12
Four and One-Half Street (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:43
13
Four and One Half Street
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:36
14
Demi-Tasse (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:39
15
Demi-Tasse
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:37
16
Jazz a la Carte
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:33
17
Jazz a la Carte (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:40
18
Foolin' Myself (alternate take)
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:58
19
Foolin' Myself
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:00
20
A Sailboat in the Moonlight (alternate take)
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:58
21
A Salboat in the Moonlight
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:05
22
You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:29
23
You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) (alternate take)
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:24
24
Peckin'
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:14
25
Peckin'
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:12
26
Peckin'
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:07
CD 3
1
Get It Southern Style (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:41
2
Get It Southern Style
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:43
3
Moonlight Fiesta
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:48
4
Moonlight Fiesta (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:50
5
Sponge Cake and Spinach (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:36
6
Sponge Cake and Spinach
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:35
7
If You're Ever in My Arms Again (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:55
8
If You're Ever in My Arms Again
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
2:54
9
The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp) (alternate take)
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:49
10
The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp)
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:50
11
Love in My Heart (alternate take)
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:36
12
Love in My Heart
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:35
13
Sugar Hill Shim Sham (alternate take)
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:22
14
Sugar Hill Shim Sham
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:38
15
Tea and Trumpets (LP take)
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:34
16
Tea and Trumpets (CD take)
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:33
17
Tea and Trumpets (78 take)
Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:33
18
Jubilesta
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:49
19
Watchin'
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:56
20
Pigeons and Peppers
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:54
21
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:37
22
Drummer's Delight
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
2:27
23
If I Thought You Cared (alternate take)
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
3:02
24
If I Thought You Cared
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
3:00
25
Lost in Meditation
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:48
26
Lost in Meditation (alternate take)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:43
CD 4
1
My Day
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:04
2
Silvery Moon and Golden Sands
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:15
3
Echoes of Harlem (rehearsal take)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
5:13
4
Echoes of Harlem
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
3:15
5
Echoes of Harlem (alternate take)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
3:13
6
Jeep’s Blues
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:55
7
If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do)?
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:58
8
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:03
9
Rendezvous With Rhythm
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:01
10
A Lesson in C
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:34
11
Swingtime in Honolulu
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:45
12
Carnival in Caroline
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:24
13
Ol’ Man River
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:50
14
You Walked Out of the Picture
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:50
15
You Walked Out of the Picture (alternate take)
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:50
16
Pyramid
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:53
17
Empty Ballroom Blues
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:29
18
Lost in Meditation
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:43
19
Lost in Meditation (alternate take)
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:46
20
A Blues Serenade
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:41
21
Love in Swingtime
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:48
22
Swingin’ in the Dell
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:34
23
Jitterbug’s Lullaby
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:57
CD 5
1
Chasin' Chippies
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:57
2
Blue Is the Evening
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
3:09
3
Sharpy
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:43
4
Swing Pan Alley
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:34
5
Prelude to a Kiss
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:43
6
There's Something About an Old Love
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:43
7
The Jeep Is Jumpin'
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:29
8
Krum Elbow Blues
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:37
9
I'm in Another World
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:02
10
Hodge Podge
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:35
11
Dancing on the Stars
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:55
12
Wanderlust
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:59
13
Delta Mood
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:46
14
The Boys From Harlem
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:19
15
Mobile Blues
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:32
16
Mobile Blues (alternate take)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:26
17
Gal-Avantin'
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:22
18
Blue Light
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2:43
19
Blue Light
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
2:41
20
Like a Ship in the Night
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:38
21
Mississippi Dreamboat
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:37
22
Swingin' on the Campus
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:39
23
Dooji Wooji
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:54
CD 6
1
Beautiful Romance
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:42
2
Boudoir Benny
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:49
3
Ain't the Gravy Good? (alternate take)
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
3:13
4
Ain't the Gravy Good?
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
3:06
5
She's Gone
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
3:01
6
Just Good Fun
2:41
7
Informal Blues
2:56
8
San Juan Hill
Rex Stewart & His Orchestra
2:41
9
I'll Come Back for More
Rex Stewart & His Orchestra
2:54
10
"Fat Stuff" Serenade
Rex Stewart & His Orchestra
2:41
11
Savoy Strut (alternate take)
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:33
12
Savoy Strut
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:33
13
Rent Party Blues
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:41
14
Dance of the Goons
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:41
15
Good Gal Blues
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:01
16
Finesse
2:46
17
Kitchen Mechanic's Day
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:30
18
My Heart Jumped Over the Moon
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:37
19
You Can Count on Me
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:16
20
Home Town Blues
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:40
21
Utt-Da-Zay (The Tailor Song)
The Quintones with Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
2:47
22
Chew-Chew-Chew (Chew Your Bubble Gum)
The Quintones with Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
2:42
23
Barney Goin' Easy
The Quintones with Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
2:59
24
Just Another Dream
The Quintones with Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
2:44
25
Night Song
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:44
CD 7
1
Blues a Poppin'
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:52
2
Top and Bottom
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:57
3
Black Beauty
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:47
4
The Rabbit's Jump
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:41
5
Moon Romance
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:48
6
Truly Wonderful
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:23
7
Dream Blues
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
3:02
8
Skunk Hollow Blues
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:40
9
I Know What You Do
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:42
10
Your Love Has Faded
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:50
11
Tired Socks
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:52
12
Blues
2:45
13
Early Mornin'
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
2:31
14
Minuet in Blues
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
2:50
15
Lost in Two Flats
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
2:33
16
Honey Hush
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
2:51
17
Blues
Duke Ellington and Jimmy Blanton
2:54
18
Plucked Again
Duke Ellington and Jimmy Blanton
3:01
19
Pelican Drag
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
3:01
20
Tapioca
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
2:32
21
Mardi Gras Madness
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
2:33
22
Watch the Birdie
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
2:42
23
Black Butterfly
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:42
24
Dry Long So
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:51
25
Toasted Pickle
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:37
26
Give It Up
Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:55

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Release credits

Al Lane
vocal [21-22]
Barney Bigard
clarinet [6.8-10, 6.21-24, 7.13-16, 7.19-22, 2.8, 2.10-17, 1.9-16, 3.1-8, 3.22-24, 5.18-19], reeds [7.1-3, 7.23-26, 5.1-4, 5.13-17, 3.18-21, 3.25-26, 2.5-9, 2.18-26, 4.3-5, 4.10-13, 6.1-5, 6.25]
Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
performer [3.1-8, 2.10-17, 1.9-16]
Barney Bigard and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [6.21-24, 3.22-24]
Bernard Addison
guitar [5-9]
Billy Strayhorn
arranger [5.20-22, 7.13-16, 6.11-13, 6.17-18], piano [1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 14-16, 19-23]
Billy Taylor Sr.
bass [6, 13], double bass [5.1-23, 6.1-5, 6.8-25, 7.1-11, 1.1-16, 2.5-8, 2.8-17, 3.1-8, 3.18-26, 4.1-23]
Brick Fleagle
arranger [8], guitar [9-17]
Ceele Burke
guitar [5-8]
Chick Webb
drums (drum set) [5-9]
Cootie Williams
trumpet [5.1-17, 5.20-23, 6.1-5, 6.11-15, 6.17-20, 6.25, 7.1-11, 7.23-26, 3.18-21, 3.25-26, 1.9-16, 1.19-24, 2.1-9, 2.18-26, 4.1-23], vocal [24]
Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters
performer [5.1-4, 5.13-17, 6.1-5, 3.18-21, 3.25-26, 4.3-5, 4.10-13, 2.1-4, 1.19-24]
Duke Ellington
arranger [6-9], piano [3.1-26, 4.1-23, 6.1-25, 2.1-4, 2.10-26, 5.1-23, 1.1-4, 1.9-18, 1.18-24, 7.2-3, 7.5, 7.7, 7.9-10, 7.12-13, 7.17-18, 7.24-26], solo [7.12, 1.17-18, 6.6-7]
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [18-19]
Fred Guy
guitar [2.10-26, 6.21-24, 3.1-8, 3.22-26, 4.1-2, 4.6-13, 5.18-19]
Freddy Jenkins
trumpet [9-10]
Harry Carney
baritone saxophone [4.1-23, 3.1-17, 3.19, 3.22-26, 1.1-4, 1.9-16, 1.19-24, 2.1-26, 5.1-12, 5.14, 5.20-23, 6.1-5, 6.17-25, 7.1-11, 7.13-16, 7.19-26], bass clarinet [18-19], reeds [1.5-8, 6.11-15, 5.13-17], saxophone [18-21]
Hayes Alvis
double bass [3.9-17, 2.1-4, 2.18-26, 1.19-24]
Irving Deutsch
vocal [21-22]
Ivie Anderson
vocal [5-7, 9]
Jack Maisel
drums (drum set) [9-17]
Jean Eldridge
vocal [20-21]
Jerry Blake
arranger [10]
Jerry Kruger
vocal [3.19, 4.10-13]
Jimmy Blanton
double bass [13-26]
Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton
trombone [4.3-5, 4.10-13, 1.19-24, 2.1-4, 6.8, 6.10, 3.25-26]
Johnny Hodges
alto saxophone [6.1-5, 6.16-20, 2.5-9, 2.18-26, 3.25-26, 5.5-8, 5.20-23, 7.23-26, 4.1-5, 4.10-13], reeds [3.9-17, 5.1-2, 5.13-17, 4.1-2, 4.6-10, 4.12-13], saxophone [1.5-8, 1.19-24, 4.6-9, 4.14-23, 5.1-4, 5.9-12, 5.14, 2.1-4, 6.11-15, 6.25, 7.1-11], soprano saxophone [1-4]
Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [5.5-12, 5.20-23, 6.11-15, 6.17-20, 2.18-26, 4.1-2, 4.6-9, 4.14-23]
Juan Tizol
trombone [13], valve trombone [1.9-16, 7.14-16, 7.19-22, 6.21-24, 2.10-17, 3.1-8, 3.18-24]
Lawrence Brown
trombone [1.5-8, 5.5-12, 5.18-21, 4.1-2, 4.6-9, 4.14-23, 6.17-20, 7.4-11]
Leon Lafell
vocal [20-21]
Lloyd Hundling
vocal [21-22]
Louis Bacon
trumpet [8-10], vocal [9]
Mary McHugh
vocal [5.5-6, 4.1-2, 4.7-8, 4.14-15, 4.18-19]
Murray Deutsch
vocal [21-22]
Otto Hardwick
alto saxophone [2.18-26, 5.1-4, 4.1-2, 4.6-13, 3.19], reeds [13-17], saxophone [3.18-21, 5.1-4, 5.14]
Patti Davis
vocal [21-22]
Rex Stewart
cornet [6.8-10, 6.21-24, 3.1-17, 3.22-24, 2.10-17, 7.13-16, 1.1-8]
Rex Stewart & His Orchestra
performing orchestra [8-10]
Rex Stewart and His 52nd Street Stompers
performer [1.5-8, 3.9-17]
Sandy Williams
trombone [5-9]
Scat Powell
vocal [2-3]
Sonny Greer
drums (drum set) [5.1-23, 1.5-16, 1.19-24, 2.1-4, 2.10-26, 6.1-5, 6.8-15, 6.17-25, 7.1-11, 7.13-16, 7.19-26, 3.1-8, 3.18-26, 4.1-23]
Sue Mitchell
vocal [1-2, 7-8]
The Duke Ellington Sextet
performer [1-4]
The Gotham Stompers
performer [5-9]
The Quintones
vocal [21-22]
Tommy Fulford
piano [5-9]
Wallace Jones
trumpet [18-19]
Wayman Carver
arranger [5-9]
Wellman Braud
double bass [1-4]

Issues

D
Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936–1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions
7x CD
2006